100 Favorite Dishes: Especial De Tacos At Tacos El Viajero

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the cheap, but all are delicious to the extreme. Don't hesitate to share your own nominations in the comments. More of the dish's tasty details are after the jump.

No. 18: Especial De Tacos at Tacos El Viajero

Here is a favorite dish that gives you options. For five bucks at this tiny Webb Chapel Road (or Oak Cliff) taqueria, you get three tantalizingly tempting tacos. First, grab a soda from the cooler as you enter (or ask for agua, there is no alcohol.) Choose from among a dozen meats such as lengua, chorizo, chicharrones or pastor, then select tasty white corn or flour tortillas. In short order, your smiling waitress will bring you a large plate literally bursting at the seams with fabulous food, including excellent rice and beans. Plus, if you love elote, Tacos El Viajero has a stand out front of its Webb Chapel location and the corny concoction in a cup is sold daily after about 12:30 p.m. Just look for the festive red and green Supermercado sign, and Tacos El Viajero is shoehorned into the little space next door.